Difference between revisions of "External links"

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Clinical calculators & assessment tools

Adjuvant Online
BloodRef.com - an extensive collection of diagnosis, prognosis, and response tools focused on benign and malignant hematology
BMT date calculator
Body surface area (BSA) calculator
CancerMath.net - Clinical outcomes calculators for breast cancer, melanoma, and renal cancer
Carboplatin AUC calculator
CML Sokal & Hasford Relative Risk Scores
Corrected calcium (albumin)
Creatinine clearance calculator (GlobalRPH)
Creatinine clearance calculator (Medical College of Wisconsin) - make sure to use ideal body weight
ePrognosis - site to estimate mortality outcomes in geriatric populations
Gail model Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
- Gail model breast cancer risk factors
Geriatric Assessment Tools
Melanoma Prediction Tool
Online hematology/oncology clinical calculators
Reticulocyte index calculator
WHO FRAX - to evaluate fracture risk of patients

Education

ASCO University
ASH image bank - online collection of hematology-related slides
ASH Self-assessment program (ASH-SAP)

Guidelines & drug information

Oncology-specific vendors

This link will take you to a page listing EHR vendors, analytics companies, and other oncology-specific commercially available products. Please note that inclusion on these lists is not an endorsement of the product, nor is exclusion a non-endorsement.

Patient information

ACOR.org - Association of Cancer Online Resources, a group of disease-oriented mailing lists for patients and their families
Cancer.net - Cancer information from the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Chemocare.com - chemotherapy side effects
NCCN guidelines for patients
Patient assistance and reimbursement guide, 2013 ACCC (PDF) (flash book)
WhatNext - American Cancer Society-affiliated patient peer support and educational site

Physician contact information

Research

Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia by the Broad Institute and the Novartis, which describes the gene expression of multiple cell lines.
CancerRxGene.org - Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer. Database & graphs of the responses of genes & cell lines to anti-cancer drugs.
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) and Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) - Adverse event grading for clinical trials

Harvard Catalyst SHRINE - "web-based query tool that allows eligible investigators to determine the aggregate total number of patients at participating hospitals who meet a given set of inclusion and exclusion criteria"
My Cancer Genome - Information & clinical trials by mutation type

Staging

Statistics

American Cancer Society (ACS) Cancer Facts & Figures

CDC cancer statistics
Life expectancy table - from the US Social Security Administration
- Life expectancy calculator - based on gender & birthdate, from the US Social Security Administration
National Cancer Institute (NCI) / Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer statistics

Miscellaneous

Apollo Medicinae Doctor - Lester Leung M.D.'s blog on neurology and being a physician
Drug and disease search app - Phone & tablet-friendly application that allows people to quickly search for information about drugs and diseases at Drugs.com, Medscape, Epocrates, Wikipedia, ICD-9, etc.
Genomic Health Oncotype DX
AMP Hematopathology Test Directory (searchable)
OncoWiki - an oncology and chemotherapy regimen wiki
What's the dose - Database of medications, package inserts, and dosages

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 *[http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/ CDC cancer statistics]
 *[http://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html Life expectancy table] - from the US Social Security Administration
+**[http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/population/longevity.html Life expectancy calculator] - based on gender & birthdate, from the US Social Security Administration
 *[http://seer.cancer.gov/statistics/ National Cancer Institute (NCI) / Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer statistics]